Vertigo Sucks a Little Less After Today's CS:GO Update

Valve just rolled out a fresh update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive this evening that makes some adjustments to three maps. These maps are none other than Vertigo, Nuke, and Abbey. The biggest changes tonight hit Vertigo and Abbey, with Nuke receiving only little bitty fix.

An update was released tonight for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Today's update includes a number of gameplay altering changes. First off, the AUG has been returned to its original price of $3,300. Secondly, Valve has changed the M4A1-S to hold 25 bullets in the magazine with 75 in reserve. Finally, the last "major" change in tonight's update is the fact that Valve has changed the amount given for round loss bonuses.

Counter-Strike is Now Free-to-Play, Adds Battle Royale Mode

Valve just rolled out one of the biggest updates for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. It may not be the largest in terms of file size, but in terms of scope? Yeah, it's pretty big for a game like Counter-Strike. "What could it possibly be," you wonder?

It's battle royale.

Of course it's battle royale. This mode has been rumored for a while and now it's finally here. The new mode is called "Danger Zone" and along with this new mode comes some additional surprising...

Counter-Strike Gets Spooky in Latest Update

The Halloween content for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive is here. Valve released an update for CS:GO today that turns all players into ghosts when they die. These apparitions can be seen by other ghosts in the world, apply graffiti in the world, and more.

I'm also hearing the chickens are ready for some tricks and/or treats.

We have the full changelog from the update for you. There are more than just ghosts changed in this update, so be sure to read up.

Two New Maps Added to CS:GO in Latest Update

Tonight's update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive includes the addition of two new community made maps. These maps, Biome and Sub-Zero, have been added to Casual matchmaking's Group Sigma tonight.
In addition, Austria has been made available in Competitive matchmaking and moved into Group Delta in Casual. Canals gets the bump out of Competitive. Shipped and Insertion have been removed from all official matchmaking.
A fairly significant change has also been made tonight that will chang...

Patch Tuesday - No Man's Sky, Overwatch, GTA Online and More

Tuesday is usually the big day where a bunch of games get updated in addition to just getting released. Today was no exception. Today saw updates released for No Man's Sky, Overwatch, GTA Online, and more. These include the "NEXT" release for No Man's Sky, the addition of Wrecking Ball for Overwatch, and the After Hours content for GTA Online.No Man's Sky "NEXT" update or update 1.5 adds in a full multiplayer experience, expanded base building, updated visuals and world generation,...

Valve Discusses Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Negev Changes

In a blog posting that went up last night, Valve started to detail some of the changes and thoughts they have in mind for the Negev in Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Some of these changes are already being tested as part of a beta update for CS:GO but they say that the changes, barring any issues, will go live soon. Their main focus right now is making the Negev a weapon that can provide adequate suppression in the heat of a battle.
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Counter-Strike: Global Offensive Update for February 28, 2018

A new update for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive was released tonight (February 28, 2018 technically). This update makes tracers more reliable in first-person view. In addition, viewmodels now react to weapon recoil and aimpunch.

The full list of changes from today's update can be found below. The download size is 50.9MB.

CS:GO Update for January 10: Panorama UI for CS:GO is... Still Not Here

The moment you're all waiting for is finally here. The moment where you are again disappointed at the lack of the Panorama UI for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. Oh well, you should be used to this kind of disappointment by now. At least now you know how your parents feel.

However, today's update instead ends the Holiday Cheer event, and provides a couple of minor changes.

New Dust 2 Now Available in CS:GO Beta - Get Your First Look Here

Here is your first good look at the changes that have been made to Dust 2 for Counter-Strike: Global Offensive. I'm sure this is probably the first of many, many, many, many, many, many, many times you will see the updated Dust 2. See, because the joke is Dust 2 is played a lot.

Valve put up a rather lovely guide that both shows and explains the changes they made to several key areas of Dust 2. For example, here is just a bit on the overall art improvement that they made.
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CS:GO Dust 2 Getting a Makeover Soon

The Counter-Strike: Global Offensive developer Twitter just sent out word (two hours ago) that Dust 2 is getting a lovely makeover soon.
The tweet states that the updated version of the map will be released for testing via the next beta depot for CS:GO. While I'll try to keep an eye out for it, chances are the diehard fans out there will know about it long before I ever get news up about it anyway.
From the looks of the included image, Valve seems to be returning to the old school 4:3 a...